Organizations

Organizations that are using or contributing to the development of BIM or virtual prototyping include: toc This is not meant as an endorsement in any way, simply a list for people's own use.

University Research Organizations
Below is a brief list of research organizations within Universities that are actively involved in BIM or virtual prototyping research.
 * [|Center for Integrated Facilities Engineering (CIFE)] at Stanford University (USA)
 * [|Computer Integrated Construction Research Program] at Penn State (USA)
 * [|Key Center for Design Computing and Cognition] at University of Sydney (Australia)
 * [|VT-CAVE] and [|RDF] VELab at Virginia Tech (USA)
 * [|Advanced Infrastructure Systems] at Carnegie Mellon (USA)
 * [|Virtual Design Enterprise Centre (ViDEC)] at University of Wolverhampton (UK)
 * [|Human Interface Technology (HIT) Lab] at University of Washington (USA)
 * [|The Virtual Environment] at Northumbria University (UK)

Research Institutions
Below is a brief list of research institutions that are actively involved in Virtual Facility Prototyping research. If you would like to be added to the list, please become an editor and add your company information or send a note to John Messner. This is not meant as endorsement in any way, simply a list for people's own use.
 * [|VTT] in Finland
 * [|NIST] in the US

Nonprofit Organizations
The following organizations are investigating or primarily focused on virtual prototyping in construction.

Industry / Research Consortium Organizations

 * [|ACADIA]: Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
 * [|Virtual Builders Roundtable]
 * [|FIATECH]
 * [|CIB W78]: The working group within CIB which focuses on Information Technology. Join their [|listserve through Yahoo].
 * [|AGC BIM Committee] has a forum site.
 * CMAA Emerging Technologies Committee
 * [|Transportation Research Board (TRB) Visualization Committee]

Standards Organizations

 * [|National Institute for Building Standards (NIBS)]: Developing National Building Information Modeling Standards.
 * [|Open Geospactial Consortium]: Performing research on the integration of GIS, CAD and BIM.
 * [|National CAD Standard]

Modeling Software Vendors
Vendors of software applications for virtual prototyping include in alphabetical:
 * Autodesk (Revit, AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Constructware, Navisworks, Civil 3D and others)
 * Bentley (Microstation, Architecture, Navigator and others)
 * Graphisoft (ArchiCAD, GS Constructor, GS Control, and others)
 * Common Point Technologies (ConstructSim, Project 4D and others)
 * [|Gehry Technologies] (Digital Projects for Catia)
 * [|Solibri] (IFC Model Checker)
 * [|Innovaya] (Estimating and 4D simulation)
 * [|Tekla]
 * [|Vela Systems]: Mobile computing software for use with Tablet PCs

Display System Vendors

 * [|Fakespace]
 * [|more3D]
 * [|James River Technology]
 * [|Smart Technologies] - Interactive Whiteboard Displays

AEC Companies
Below is a brief list of companies that are actively involved in Virtual Facility Prototyping. This is not meant as endorsement in any way, simply a list for people's own use.

Model Management Companies

 * [|AEC Systems]
 * [|GHAFARI Associates]
 * [|HCI CPM Consultants]

Vendors that will also perform modeling services

 * Autodesk
 * Graphisoft
 * Ditigal Projects